What Gearfire does

Gearfire is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based vertical software company founded in 2012 that builds and sells the AXIS Retail Management System to independent shooting sports and outdoor sporting goods retailers. AXIS is a unified, subscription-based platform that integrates four operational functions into a single deployment: point-of-sale transaction processing, ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) compliance tracking for firearms transactions, inventory management across firearms, ammunition, and related categories, and shooting range operations management. This integration is the company's core value proposition, addressing the fragmentation problem that most independent firearm retailers face when stitching together separate systems for compliance, retail, inventory, and range lane scheduling.

The company's revenue model is SaaS subscription, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Customers are exclusively SMB independent retailers operating in the firearms and outdoor sports trade. Gearfire pursues these customers primarily through field sales and live product demonstrations at NBS (Nation's Best Sports) Semi-Annual Markets, with sustained exhibition at both the Fall 2025 (Fort Worth) and Spring 2026 (Oklahoma City) events, plus earned media coverage in industry trade publications such as The Outdoor Wire. The NBS buying group functions as a core GTM and marketing partner.

The company employs between 51 and 100 people, and there is no public information about funding history, ownership structure, leadership team, or financial performance. Strategic activity is concentrated in continued trade show presence, ongoing product demonstrations of AXIS, and the deepening NBS partnership. No M&A, fundraising, executive hires, or international expansion activity is disclosed in the available sources.

Name

Gearfire

Website

https://gogearfire.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Gearfire provides the AXIS Retail Management System, a subscription-based SaaS platform for independent shooting sports and outdoor sports retailers that unifies point-of-sale, ATF compliance, inventory management, and range operations. The company distributes through industry trade shows and a core partnership with the Nation's Best Sports buying group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Scottsdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. AXIS Retail Management System: SaaS-based retail management platform subscription model providing software access along with associated compliance, POS, inventory, and range management capabilities to outdoor sports retailers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gearfire develops and sells AXIS, a unified retail management software platform purpose-built for independent shooting sports and outdoor sporting goods retailers. AXIS integrates point-of-sale, ATF regulatory compliance tracking, inventory management, and shooting range operations into a single subscription-based system, replacing the need for multiple disconnected retail software tools.

Product overview

Gearfire offers a single unified product — the AXIS Retail Management System. AXIS is a comprehensive retail platform that serves independent shooting sports and outdoor sports retailers by integrating four core functional areas: point-of-sale transactions, ATF compliance tracking for regulated products, inventory management, and range operations. Positioned as the outdoor sports industry's premier retail management solution, AXIS provides these capabilities as an all-in-one platform rather than as separate modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AXIS Retail Management System A unified SaaS retail management platform for independent shooting sports and outdoor sports retailers that combines point-of-sale transactions, ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) regulatory compliance tracking, inventory management for firearms and ammunition, and shooting range operations into a single integrated system. Sold on a subscription basis to outdoor sporting goods retailers.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Nation's Best Sports (NBS)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 10 February 2026Gearfire maintains a consistent partnership with Nation's Best Sports, participating as an exhibitor at NBS Semi-Annual Markets to demonstrate their AXIS Retail Management System to NBS member retailers. This relationship positions Gearfire in front of their target customer base of independent shooting sports and outdoor sporting goods retailers at major industry gatherings.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Celerant Technology: Celerant provides retail management software including POS, inventory, and eCommerce for firearms and sporting goods retailers, with similar integrated module scope and vertical specialization as Gearfire's AXIS platform.
• Windward Software: Windward delivers specialty-retail POS and management software with deployments in sporting goods and adjacent verticals, with comparable integrated retail workflow depth to AXIS.
• Storis: Storis offers ERP and retail management software for specialty retailers including sporting goods, with overlapping module scope (POS, inventory, CRM) to Gearfire's platform.
• FastBound: FastBound provides ATF compliance, bound book, and FFL management software for firearms dealers. It directly overlaps with AXIS's compliance module and competes for the same regulatory pain point.
• ChainDrive: ChainDrive offers specialty-retail management software including sporting goods, with comparable integrated workflow approach and multi-module scope to AXIS.
• CORESense: CORESense provides retail management software for specialty merchants with comparable scope in inventory, POS, and multi-channel retail — directly overlapping with AXIS's feature surface.

Broad incumbents

• Retail Pro: Retail Pro provides POS and management software across many specialty retail verticals. It overlaps with AXIS on core retail workflow but lacks Gearfire's ATF compliance specialization.
• Lightspeed: Lightspeed is a broad SMB retail and restaurant POS platform with sporting goods and specialty retail customers. It overlaps with AXIS on POS and inventory but is a generalist without Gearfire's firearms-compliance depth.
• NCR Counterpoint: NCR Counterpoint is a widely deployed specialty-retail POS and inventory platform. It overlaps with AXIS on core retail workflows but as a broader incumbent without firearms-specific compliance specialization.
• Shopify: Shopify is a broad eCommerce and POS platform used by specialty merchants. It overlaps with parts of AXIS but is

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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